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4.0 Cisco IPT

 Troubleshooting of an IPT system

 Hooking up IP Phones to the LAN

are not projects even though they may exhibit project characteristics (goal, time-frame,
cost).

6.3 WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT?

Project management is defined by the PMBOK as:

“Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to
project activities to meet the project requirements.”

Project Management is the process of achieving project objectives (schedule, budget
and performance) through a set of activities that start and end at certain points in time
and produce quantifiable and qualifiable deliverables. Successful project management
is the art of bringing together the tasks, resources and people necessary to accomplish
the business goals and objectives within the specified time constraints and within the
monetary allowance.
In other words the project manager must do whatever is required to make the project
happen - one could not have a wider all encompassing job description!

Using Project Management is no guarantee that the project will be successful – i.e. that
it achieves its goal within time and allocated budget to the satisfaction of all
stakeholders concerned. What Project Management essentially does, though, is offer a
systematic but flexible framework which can increase the chances of the project
succeeding or, conversely, decrease its chances of failing.

The intensity with which Project Management is applied must be proportional to the
need and complexity of that project. Just as one wouldn’t commission a bazooka or a
flame thrower to kill a cockroach, it would be an error of judgment to apply the full gamut
of project management processes and tools to a project which can probably be
successfully managed more effectively and efficiently using a simpler and intuitive
approach.

Managing a project includes identifying your project’s requirements; writing down what
everyone needs from the project. What are the objectives for your project? When
everyone understands the goal, it is much easier to keep them all on the right path.

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